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There are many opportunities that come with buying a new home. For most new homeowners the obvious is the offering of a place to gather and entertain family and friends. For some it might mean less of a commute to work, which offers more time spent on doing what one values most in their life. Others might see a new home as a chance to grow their family and build memories. Second home owners envision seeing more of their family and friends with a destination that is attractive to all. However, for each and every homeowner there is the opportunity to transform their current lifestyle and create one that will bring them happiness.

A new home is a blank slate on which to implant lifestyle changes from the miniscule to the largest ones. It is an opportunity to not just move from one abode to another, but to create what will make you and your family happy.

Home buyers as a majority will likely admit to being stressed during the moving process. Much of that stress is caused by the anxiety that comes with trying to fit all of the work that must be done into a tight time schedule. There is a lot to do and while each move is uniquely different, there are things you can do ahead of time to lessen the impact a move will have on you and your family. It will allow you to complete the tasks at hand with less anxiety and more confidence that all will be done on the schedule you prepare.

Here are some tips to consider when you are soon to be in the process of buying a new home and moving to a new property, so you aren’t likely to underestimate the time it will take to complete everything on your to do list:

You and your partner may have been talking about buying a home for months or even years. You likely spend a few hours a week looking online or you stop in front of window fronts to view specs on possible new homes. However, there are things that need to be fully discussed before you start your house hunting. If you don’t have “the talk” then you could end up having issues in your relationship during the final stages of your home buying or after you have moved. Buying a new home is an exciting and fun adventure and you want to remember it fondly, not that it invoked disagreements or resentments.

Most people buy homes with the intention of living in them for many years, but you might be focused entirely on your current situation and not on what is in your future. You need to discuss certain important topics such as when will you plan to have children, what if a family member or friend has a personal problem and needs a place to stay, what if a parent needs care during a health scare, and do we want pets in the near future. These topics will determine if you want to find a house that simply will not accommodate long term guests or one that has a guest room complete with an outside entry and its own bathroom. You might want to consider a fenced garden area for pets and for the safety of children. Future life experiences can have you both on the same page as well as prepared with your new home purchase.

In a recently released set of data, home movers ranked the top reasons for moving home not going to plan. The list included items such as finding the right estate agent and finding a new home full of refuse to deal with as major complaints to moving home. But the second most stated reason for moving home not going to plan was the inability to find a suitable property to purchase. This supports the idea of how difficult it is to find the perfect new spot to call home. Here are some ideas on how to explore the idea of looking in new areas for a different house for potential purchase.

Whether a couple is in the market for a new home or family with multiple children, the task at hand is major and deserves absolute attention. The search for a new dwelling is a comprehensive one and requires communication with multiple team members. This chain of people which makes up the entirety of the property buying team can be massive and can break down, which is the number one reason moving home does not go to plan.

The royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is days away and the whole world is anticipating the opportunity to watch the couple exchange vows in this historic and much anticipated event. The expectations of what the bride will wear and scrutiny of each detail of the wedding offers an escape from the everyday events and gives us all a chance to view tradition and pageantry on a large scale. Once the vows have been said and the wedding cake has been shared, then the couple will be retreating from the everyday news headlines into a less focused upon but still very public life. The topic at hand will then turn to the lifestyle choices and living arrangements of the newlyweds.

While not all newlyweds will be gifted a title and property on their wedding day as expected for Prince Harry and Meghan, there is still plenty of inspiration to draw from the couple for newlyweds buying and setting up their new home. Couples new in their life together all have to learn to work together efficiently and make choices for the betterment of not only their current life but their future one, and perhaps no greater choice is made than the one when choosing and buying a home.